Plumbing-fixture.



P. J. MADDEN. v PLUMBING FIXTURE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 24,1906. RENEWEDJUNE 5, 1909.

Patented Aug. 24, 1909,

Chicago, in the v. fication is intended to comprehend water and allother novelty that are hereinafter described with reference to theaccompanying drawings civ s Pi TBIGK 3, MADDEN, 0F QHESAGQ, KLLDIOIS.

- PLUMING-FIZTUEE.

specification of Letters Lateut. inemen and ma at, 1906, Serial No.mans. Renewed Fans Patented {5, 1W9. Serial Ito. scars-3.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, Farmer; J. MADDEN, i acitizen of the United States, residing at county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and l useful Improvements inPlumbing-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification;

The term fixtures as used in this speci- I closets, urinals, sinks, bathtubs, wash basins, plumbing devices in the nature i of receptacles withwhich it is necessaryito I make a. pipe connection for either supplyingor evacuating the receptacle. ,4 In its broadest aspect the inventioncoversand includes either an inlet or an outlet pipe, and in a morelimited aspect it includes a cooperative relation of both, with respectto the bowl.

For the sake of brevity, the term bowl will hereinafter be used todenote the receptacle of the fixture, but with the understanding thatany otherspeeific name for a receptacle of any particular type orcharacter may be read for it.

he invention is particularly well adapted to that classof fixtures inwhich the bowl has to be removed from time to time for the purpose ofremoving obstructions or for repair purposes, and with fixtures of thisclass, especially those in which the bowl must be removed and put inlace from in front (2'. e., without going ack of the wall or slabthrough which the pipe connection or connections extend), facility ofremoval and replacemeiit is, of course, important. As before intimated,the invention is applicable to all classes of plumbing fixtures, but myoriginal aim was to provide an improved urinal, and since it is to thisclass of xturesthat the invention is particularly adapted, I haveselected such'a fixture for illustrating the invent-ion and willhereinafter particularly describe this embodiment of it,.withtheunderstanding, however, that excepting as to those features which arepe culiar to this class of fixtures the invention includes fixtures ofall classes to which it is applicable. p

he invention consists in the features of which are made ,a

part of'this specification and in which:

Figurel is a vertical section of a urinal an outlet opening A". The bowlshown in the drawings has'a vertical back adapted to fit against a wallor slab B, thatside or the wall upon which the bowl is located beingherein referred to as the front side.- The wall. has through it twoopenings B and B, 4

through the iormer of which extends an inlet or supplying pipe C- andthrough the latter of which extends an outletor dis charge pipel). Theoutlet pipe D proton ably fits the opening B snugly sothat it isincapable oi any vertical movement, while, for reasons that will appearhereinafter clearance is provided between the inlet pipe C and slab B inorder to permit limited vertical movement of the inlet pipe in theopenin" B, and it being understood that the in st pipe is movablevertically to a limited extent? This vertical movement may be providedfor by makingthe pipe itself or suffi cient length to give it thenecessary flexibility or by connecting it with a flexible section madeof lead. I This, however, is a detail which maybe left to the discretionof the plumber. The drawings show the several parts of the fixture intheir final or ultimate positions, and for the time being the followingdestription will be confined to these relations, a description of themanner of assembling them being given later on.

The bowl has in its rear side, a recess or cavity a the top of which slces down-wand and rearward so as to provi e an inclined shoulder of andlhis shoulder rests upon a correspondingly inclined lateral arm of abracket E whlch is secured to the wall B by any suitable means. may besuihcient to support the weight of the bowl, and by reason of theinclination of its lateral arm and the corresponding inclina'tion oftheshouldcr a resting upon said arm it will prevent the horizontamovement of the bowl away from the wall 8, un-

less such horizontal movementbe accorm.

panied by a, suiiicient'vertical inoveni ent to clear the shoulder afrom the arm of. the bracket." The verticalmovement of the bowl is,however, prevented byaneans now to be described.

The outlet pipe D has its in-t'ake end defiected downward and upward soas to form This bracket, in itself,-

l 1 1.5 a (trout what is known in the art as a P-trap, the intake end ofwhich is presented upward and enters the outlet A with a snug fit, so asto form a slip-joint therewith. The outlet A has a countersink A so thata groove or channel is left between the bowl and the pipe and thisgroove is occupied by the upper side I of an elastic packing ring orgasket F, the

.lower side of which occupies a groove in a 1 wall or slab 'B. With thisarrangement it ring I carried by a yoke 'I, the ring and yoke togetherconstituting a follower. The ring I surrounds the straight verticalportion of the pipeso as to be capable of sliding will be seen that bydriving the screw home it will react in one directionagainst the bracketE and in the other direction against the yoke I and these in turn willtend to force the ring .L toward the bowl and there by compress thegasket F and form a tight joint between the bowl and the end of thepipe. W.hen the parts are brought to their proper ultimate positions, asshown in the drawing, the shoulder a will be firmly seated upon thebracket E, whereby downward movement of the bowl is prevented and thehorizontal portion of the pipe D will be in contact with the wall B atthe top side of the opening B thereby preventingany upwardinovement ofthe pipe. By reason of the frictional contact ofthe gasket F withthe/pipe the downward movement of the bowl is prevented.

The means for connecting the inlet pipe C to the bowl are similarto-those just described for connecting the outlet pipe, and similarfeatures of both are represented by similar letters of reference, butfor the sakeof distinction small letters are used for the i with; thebowl, a follower engaging the gasket, e' screw engaging thefollower,"and a parts necessary to the inlet pipe.

In order to place the bowl against the wall, it is necessary tolift ithigh enough to clear the upper extremity of thepipe D. At

the same time it is equally necessary that it :clear the lower extremityof the inlet pipe C, This being so the normal position of the inletpipe, must, during the operation "of setting the bowl, be somewhat aboveits normal position when the parts are in their ultimate positions andto this end the opening B is niade large enough to provide clearanceabove the inlet pipe. The bowl having been put in place and brought tobear upon the bracket E, the screws G and g are driven home, thevertical depending end of the. i pipe having first been inserted inthesewer opening A, and the followerrings I and 1' e lowers.

I do not broadly claim in this application:

A plumbing-fixture havingin combination,

a bowl having vertical inlet and outlet openings, horizontal inletand'outlet pipes having their ends bent and presented downwardly andupwardly respectively and registering with said openings, and meansforforming aliquid tight joint between the bowl and pipe northe means forforming a tight joint between the pipe or pipes and the'bowl; nor themeans for supporting the bowl, eith r through the medium of the pipe orpipes or the wall bracket, or all of them; nor the support locatedopposite the opening in the bowl for supporting the pressure ,device bywhich the tight joint is made: All of these:- thiiigs being claimed inmy copending appli cation of even date herewith bearing Serial.

No. 318,512. i V

\Vhat I claim as newand desire to secure 'by Letters Patent is:

1. In a plumbing fixture,f the combination of a bowl having anopen1n'g,-a pipe, the end of which registers with said opening, a

, gasket surrounding the pipe and contacting with the bowl, a followerengaging the gasket, a pressure device engaging the follower, meanssupporting the pressure device and means for resisting the upwardmovement of the bowl under the influence of the pressure device,substantially as described.

2. In a plumbing fixture, the combination of a bowl having verticalopenings at top and bottom, pipes registering with said openings,respectively, gaskets: arranged between the bowl and pipes, followersengaging the gaskets, screws engaging the followers, and

brackets supporting the screws, substantially as describe I In aplumbing fixture, the combination of a bowl having an opening, a pipe,the end of which registers with said opening, a

gasket surrounding the pipe andcontacting bracket suppdgtedindependently of thebowl,

and -in turn supporting the screw, substantially .as described.

45-. In a plumbingiixture, thecombination of a bowl having verticalopenings at top and bottom,pipes registering with said open-' ings,respectively, gaskets arranged between the bowl and pipes, followersengaging the gaskets, screws engaging the followers, and l their endspresented 11' Waidiy anddownwardly respectively, a owl ha vin at to; andbottom Vertical openings Witi whim said pipes register, gaskets arrangedbetween the bowl and pipes brackets supported by the Wall, screwssupported by the brackets and means for transmitting pressure from thescrews to the gaskets, snbstentisliy as described.

6. In a plumbing fixture, the combination of a bowl having an opening apipe the end of which extends into said surrounding the pipe andoontaoiing' with the bowl, a follower engaging said gasket, and meansfor forcing die foiiowei" toward the bowl, substantially as described.

7. In a iumbing fixture, phe nom'ninntion of a bow inving an. oneniitaga pipe zhe end of which extends into said openlng, a gasket surroundingthepipe and ooniaoting with the bowl and oi e, a follower engaging saidgasket, said i0 lower having a oke, and means for enga in the yoke for"10min? the follower tower t ebowl, suns sentiaLy as described.

8. In a Iumbing fixture, zhe'combination of a, bowl avin of which extens into said opening, a gasket surrounding the pipe and contacting withthe bowl, a follower engaging said gasket opening, a gasket on opening,a ipe, the end ring surrounding the pipe and engaging the gasket andnow: g a yoke stm Ming the bend of ii pipe, said yoke mi. pr Musesorioed.

10. In a. oi a now 1 and hoi iom 2 upward and t 22 pressure srewengaging reams, substantially as do nn'ibing fiiss'mro, the combinationventing openings at in 5 the ends of which eznfien m. d and occupy saidopenings, respectively gaskets surrounding the pipes and contacting withthe bowl, followers engaging said gaskets. respectively and means forforcing the foliowers townr the bow and thereby compressing 'ihegaskets, substantially as described. 4

PATRICK J. MADDEN *yi'fitnessesz L. M. Hometms, Geo. A. .sisnmw.

a bracket against which the

